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In the meantime, the boy and his parents insist that the high schooler learned the phrase from the uber-popular Madden 12 video game, which frequently will declare that a player has "get-away-from-the-cops speed," on touchdown runs, particularly when the player in question is of African American descent. The quote was first used by Fox announcer Gus Johnson, who credited Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson with the off-the-cuff intended compliment on a run in the video you see above.

NFL vice president of security Jeff Miller confirmed Wednesday to NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport that the league is aware of an incident at the home of Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub involving a fan.

"You know, I don't think so. I wish we didn't have to be nude to be noticed," Steinem said. "But given the game as it exists, women make decisions. For instance, the Miss America contest is in all of its states, forms … the single greatest source of scholarship money for women in the United States. If a contest based only on appearance was the single greatest source of scholarship money for men, we would be saying, 'This is why China wins.' You know? It's ridiculous. But that's the way the culture is. I think that we need to change the culture, not blame the people that are playing the only game that exists."

"Cait Sith Twins" - Madou Monogatari (Compile - Super Famicom - 1996)

In the minutes after this year's water fluoridation push went down in flames, both sides—even the victorious forces of Clean Water Portland—were gingerly extending olive branches in a bid to move the city past a sometimes ugly political debate pitting kinfolk against kinfolk, neighbor against neighbor.

Surely, the entreaties went, we can all agree on our shared passion for dental health, for the health of our children (always the children), that both sides had the best interests of their city at heart.

"There are good people who believe perfectly the opposite of what we did," volunteer KC Hanson said to some fanfare at the Clean Water Portland party. "As a community, as Portland, we need to come together. I know you guys will."

Today, Portland City Club has announced it's taking the first step toward turning those salving sentiments into some kind of direct action.

Backers of the well-funded fluoridation push will work with the opposition movement's biggest local funder, Daniel Deutsch (a notable qualifier, given the out-of-state money that fueled the campaign) on a task force devoted to finding other solutions to our kids' lackluster dental health.

From City Club's statement:

“What excited us most about the campaign was the enthusiasm on all sides of the issue for a solution to Portland’s dental health problems,” said Nichole Maher, President Northwest Health Foundation. “After the election it was clear there were many areas in which the anti-side was actually an ally. It just made sense to reach out and combine forces.”

The task force will study the most workable solutions for improving dental health outcomes for children in Multnomah County. It will examine proven community-based strategies that have improved dental health in other cities. Following the findings of the report, the task force will develop a set of recommendations.

"I truly appreciate the willingness to come together, and find a common purpose, in spite of our being on opposite sides of the debate,” said Deutsch. “In the end, we are working toward the same goal, a healthier Portland. I'm thankful for the opportunity to be part of this collaboration."

Fluoridation foes made much of data, released late in the campaign, that showed modest improvement in Multnomah County cavity rates in the past few years—improvements that came without fluoridation. But all the same, cavity rates here are worse than the national average and also worse among lower-income children and people of color.

City Club has information on its task force here, and is accepting applications from interested potential members until next Wednesday, October 16.

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Mark Twain, colorization by Colorizedhistory

Faith is Torment has posted a gallery of colorized historical photos by two very talented colorizers: Zuzah of Colorizedhistory and Jordan J. Lloyd of Photo Chopshop. Denmark-based Zuzah specializes in colorizations of American Civil War-era photographs. London-based Lloyd has created many wonderful colorizations of Depression-era documentary photography. Both accept private commissions.

Union Generals in 1864, colorization by Colorizedhistory

“Old Gold” by Dorothea Lange (1939), colorization by Photo Chopshop

General Bradley and General Eisenhower in 1944, colorization by Colorizedhistory

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For Slate, illustrator Jess Fink created a map called “United Sports of America” which attempts to answer the question: “If every state in the union had to choose an official sport, what would they pick?” The map is interactive and a full list of each state’s sports is provided at Slate. Personally, I was particularly charmed that cornhole is listed as Ohio’s sport.

Thanks Frank Jones!

Madrid-based design studio (fos) used yellow tape and paint to create the illusion of a yellow triangle of light emanating from a lamp in this clever installation outside a Madrid restaurant.

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Aimee Mann and Jon Wurster should make more music videos together. The two have already teamed up for a couple, including Mann’s excellent clip for “Labrador,” and just today popped up playing a couple of John Denver lovers in a clip for a Denver song. The song, “Prisoners,” is a cover by Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis and Sharon Van Etten and appears on ATO’s recent compilation The Music Is You: A Tribute To Jon Denver.

The Scott Jacobson-directed clip is truly a love letter to both Denver and the aesthetic he inspired, as both Wurster and Mann fling around their sandy blond wigs with aplomb. There are also puppets involved, which is either an homage to Denver’s good relationship with The Muppets or a nod to puppets just being a fun thing to have in music videos.

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During promotion for Ender's Game in the U.K., Harrison Ford told IGN that 1) he's "chatted" with director Ridley Scott about a follow-up to the 1981 scifi classic Blade Runner and 2) he would be willing to return to the role. This is probably a bad thing.

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It’s no surprise that New England, home of the Headless Horseman, Salem Witch Trials, tragic shipwrecks, abandoned settlements, and haunted cemeteries, is the region where the largest number of our Drake and Sunset fixtures reside.

Continuing the mission to bring back the Dan Harmon era of Community by saying as many instantly regrettable things as possible, Dan Harmon has followed his recent, instantly regretted comparison of the show’s fourth season to watching his family getting raped by likening that same season to rapist serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Much as those earlier comments were prompted by the proximity of Harmon to a microphone, so his latest were made necessary by the rare occasion of someone on the Internet criticizing Community—in this case, various people on the subreddit thread “Unpopular Opinions About The ‘Unpopular Opinions About Community,’” which Harmon actively sought out and participated in. Because without Harmon weighing in, the creation of a subreddit thread dedicated to criticizing the anonymously submitted opinions on a slightly larger Reddit thread regarding a niche television show might have been regarded as something less than significant.

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Master Sushi Chef Hiro Terada demonstrates how to make a cucumber look like a living, slithering snake with very precise cuts in this video by NoVe Sushi and Bar.

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The characters of Titan's new comic Death Sentence are not heroes. They’re normal people who had unprotected sex, received superpowers, and will die in six months — and that’s the fantastic premise of Death Sentence #1, which you need to check out. Plus zombies attack Riverdale, The Walking Dead goes to war and more in this week’s comic releases!

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PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) - Senior Ally Batista loves being a cheerleader at Hendrickson High School in Pflugerville, but she loves her academic future even more.

Batista intends to take her first available SAT this Saturday, even though she will miss a cheer event.

That would be Ally's 'third strike' according to school cheerleading policy.

"It's ridiculous," Ally said. "My priority is school and I am taking the SAT regardless."

Ally must take the Saturday test to make the early admissions deadline. She hopes to double major at Purdue in computer science and international business.

Her first two 'strikes' came last spring. Once when she had a lead role in a school play after cheer events were over for the term, except for practices. The other strike came when she attended the swim team banquet with her boyfriend. She grants that one does merit a strike.

Ally, the school's Homecoming Queen, watched as her mom appealed to the school's assistant principal and cheer coach without success.

"I feel they had their minds made up," said her mom, Pam Hooper. "They were going to punish girls who took the test. The coach only responded briefly to me via e-mails, she hasn't returned my calls."

The school says it will suspend Ally from the team for three weeks, meaning she cannot cheerlead or even attend the school's games, which include a showdown with rival Pflugerville High on Oct. 18.

"We believe it is a mischaracterization to say that any student is being punished for taking the SAT," the district said in a statement. "When cheerleaders miss a scheduled event for any reason they are aware there will be disciplinary consequences."

"They should be able to take this SAT test without any stress or frustration," Ally's mom said.

As for resuming her cheerleading down the road, Ally says, "I don't know if it's worth being on the team for three more weeks. It's a hard decision for me."

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Last night's Agents of SHIELD focused on the newest member of the team. Skye is the Gwen Cooper to this show's Torchwood, having joined the organization in the very first episode, and last night's episode was all about whether she was SHIELD material. Sadly, the episode served to highlight some of this show's pitfalls.

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"So weak!" - Madou Monogatari (Compile - Super Famicom - 1996)

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In what may be the most tongue-in-cheek sale in the company's history, GOG's "Shutdown Promo" lampoons the state of our nation's cryogenically frozen legislative branches with free games for government employees that have been affected by the shutdown, and 50-percent discounts for the rest of us.

Government employees that email a picture of themselves holding their furlough notification letter to thanksobama at GOG dot com (seriously) will receive free copies of the following: Capitalism Plus, Capitalism 2, Tropico Reloaded, The Guild Gold Edition, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Theme Hospital and Redneck Rampage Collection. For everyone else, all of these games are available for under $5.

The public sale lasts until 8:59 a.m. Eastern tomorrow, but government employees have until noon Eastern on Friday, October 11 to send in their pictures. Oh also, on a totally unrelated note how serious of a crime is it to impersonate a government employee? Asking for a friend.

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Apparently, according to the head of animation on an upcoming kids movie, it's because "animating female characters are really, really difficult, because they have to go through these range of emotions, but you have to keep them pretty."

He goes on to complain:

So, having a film with two hero female characters was really tough, and having them both in the scene and look very different if they’re echoing the same expression; that Elsa looking angry looks different from Anna being angry.”

Jesus, two female characters in one movie? Someone get this guy an Oscar or a Purple Heart, already. I can't imagine what a nightmare that must've been.

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When Donald Glover took his leave from Community, it was ostensibly to concentrate on his music career (as well as his fictional musical career). He’s been making good on that promise and will release a new Childish Gambino album this “winter break,” whenever that happens for grown-ups. Glover teased the record, the unfortunately titled Because The Internet, with a new short video, as well as a new freestyle, “Yaphet Kotto.” The Homicide: Life On The Street actor could not be reached for comment. 

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In a new “deliciously dreamy” music video-style ad for Hot Pockets, model Kate Upton and Snoop Dogg parody Biz Markie’s 1989 hit song “Just a Friend (You Got What I Need)” with “You Got What I Eat.” The video’s dream sequence has Kate and Snoop meeting in the clouds near “Snoop’s Sky High Bakery” which is undoubtedly where these meaty microwave sandwiches get “fully baked.” Larry King cameos as a cheese pimp. Snoop previously starred in “Pocket Like It’s Hot,” an earlier –but equally as strange– ad for Hot Pockets.

Here’s a taste of the song’s lyrics:

He be baking all day
I bake everywhere
Wanna bake with me?
Then come on in
We light up taste buds
From beginning to end
My buttery seasoning so hip
It drips
Tastes so good
Gotta lick your lips
Smell my savory garlic
but don’t disturb
The garden where I grow
flavor-fantastic-al herbs

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